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Old 8th January 2009, 05:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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About the new EN World front page - I LOVE IT!

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Old 8th January 2009, 07:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, I've only just started. it's likely to change a lot over the next two weeks. I just wanted a starting block in place.
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Old 8th January 2009, 08:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Ug, bring back the old style, please, that red on black boxed stuff is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
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Old 8th January 2009, 08:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I like black and red but that is a harsh contrast.

I also prefer haveing the news on the front page rather than the link.
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Old 8th January 2009, 08:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I like black and red but that is a harsh contrast.

I also prefer haveing the news on the front page rather than the link.
You're not contractually obligated to make your bookmark that page, you know! You're allowed to bookmark the news page instead. I promise not to come round your house and tell you off!
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Old 8th January 2009, 08:55 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I agree with the guys, I liked it better the way it was about an hour or two ago.

Then again. I rarely visit the frontpage anyways since I have the Forum itself bookmarked, so you can pretty much disregard my opinion
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Old 8th January 2009, 08:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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No more marking which articles on WotC's site are subscription and which aren't?
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Old 8th January 2009, 08:57 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I also like the news upfront. And bookmark, what is that?
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Old 8th January 2009, 09:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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It's not a policy, I just didn't have time today what with the dog, and helping a friend with his PC, and a bunch of shopping.
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Old 8th January 2009, 09:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Then again. I rarely visit the frontpage anyways since I have the Forum itself bookmarked, so you can pretty much disregard my opinion
There's a front page?!
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Old 8th January 2009, 09:45 PM   #11 (permalink)
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You're not contractually obligated to make your bookmark that page, you know! You're allowed to bookmark the news page instead. I promise not to come round your house and tell you off!
Ah, but then I would miss out on all the handy links.

Besides I have a personality flaw quirk that does in fact, require me to bookmark the 'front' page. There are very very few exceptions to this. Sad, I know.
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Old 8th January 2009, 10:13 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Yah, not a fan of the new front page. It scares me to the point where I have to resist crawling up into a ball and sucking my thumb =v). I liked the news being the first thing you see when you go to the page. It gives you a chance to see what is going on currently when you first arrive.
This feels much like a newspaper. The big stories are on the front page. You scan that to see if there is anything there that interests you. If not, you then skip to the sports and/or comics (forums and WotBS page =v)
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Old 8th January 2009, 10:57 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Different strokes for different people, I guess - I love the new front page. I stopped reading the news a while ago (since most are now 4E related, and I have zero interest in that), and the categories are very handy and logically organized.
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Old 8th January 2009, 11:11 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Somewhat related -- the new News page (EN World D&D / RPG News <if>- </if>) has a wierd tag fragment in the title bar - it has an if /if after the title
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Old 8th January 2009, 11:17 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I've blatantly stole some images (and bandwidth) from google to get a vague idea of how it'd look with pics there. Obviously, I can't use those permanently, but it helps give a sense.
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That looks pretty nice. Will you be adding the search cloud to the front page again?
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Old 8th January 2009, 11:30 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I hate to bring this up, since it's a minor thing, but it's been bugging me for a while...

Shouldn't it be "premier"?

Otherwise, I think the front page is coming along nicely. I hope you can find a "cohesive" set of images and my vote is for a darker grey in the panels so they'll "pop" more.
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I hate to bring this up, since it's a minor thing, but it's been bugging me for a while...

Shouldn't it be "premier"?
You're the first person ever to mention that. The premiere mentioning of the error, in fact!

You are correct. Doh!

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I imagine I'll have to get some specially made, unfortunately.
Do you mind if I take a stab at it over the weekend?

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Do you mind if I take a stab at it over the weekend?

Cheers, LT.
Of course not! I don't promise to use 'em, though - but I'll keep my fingers crossed that I'll like 'em!

Saves me having to go wth Plan A, which was to pay someone to do a bunch of fantasty cartoon style drawings for them.
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